Newly-elected World Rugby boss Brett Robinson vows to tackle sport’s ‘financial crisis’, promote women’s game and stop time-wasting – after first southern hemisphere chairman sees off rivals to succeed Sir Bill Beaumont
World Rugby’s new chairman, Brett Robinson, has outlined his urgent mission to tackle the sport’s acute financial crisis, after narrowly winning the vote to succeed Sir Bill Beaumont. The former Australia flanker became the first elected figurehead of the global governing body from the southern hemisphere, by edging out ex-France captain Abdelatif Benazzi 27-25 in…